Some entities sleep beneath the sea.
Others sleep before coffee.

This vintage-inspired tee from The Linguistician Line pairs the calm literary presence of H. P. Lovecraft with the caffeinated chaos of Cthulhu in classic Bard & Beyond fashion.

The front features a restrained engraved-style portrait medallion of Lovecraft — subtle, scholarly, and quietly ominous.
The back unleashes the ancient dreamer himself, clutching a steaming mug beneath the phrase:

“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn… but first coffee.”

Rendered in distressed sepia and antique ivory tones, the artwork blends literary horror, old-world engraving aesthetics, and coffee-fueled survival into one wearable existential crisis.

Designed for:

• readers
• writers
• night-shift thinkers
• horror fans
• tabletop adventurers
• coffee addicts
• and anyone who suspects ancient cosmic entities would also be unpleasant before caffeine

Part of The Linguistician Line from Bard & Beyond.

Product Details

• Front-and-back print design
• Vintage engraved / etched illustration style
• Distressed sepia and antique ivory artwork
• Soft feel with classic unisex fit
• Designed for dark and vintage-wash tees
• Ideal for bookstores, coffee shops, conventions, and late-night philosophical spirals
• Mild existential dread sold separately

Product features
- 100% ring-spun US cotton for durable, soft feel
- Garment-dyed fabric for lived-in color and texture
- Heavyweight 6.1 oz fabric with relaxed, pre-shrunk fit
- Tubular knit (no side seams) with double-needle stitched seams
- Available S–4XL with sewn-in label; made in Honduras

Care instructions
- Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F)
- Do not bleach
- Tumble dry: low heat
- Iron, steam or dry: low heat
- Do not dryclean

EU representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY

Product information: Comfort Colors® 1717, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Warnings, Hazard: Made in Honduras

Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), Do not bleach, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: low heat, Do not dryclean